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Where the Heart Is

Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.

2000★ 7.1 · 7532h 0mComedyDramaRomance

Overview

Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.

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Cast

Natalie Portman
as Novalee Nation

Keith David
as Moses Whitecotten

Joan Cusack
as Ruth Meyers

Sally Field
as Mama Lil

Ashley Judd
as Lexie Coop

Stockard Channing
as Thelma 'Sister' Husband

James Frain
as Forney Hull

Dylan Bruno
as Willy Jack Pickens

Todd Lowe
as Troy

J.D. Evermore
as Orderly

Mary Ashleigh Green
as Girl in Bathroom

Heather Kafka
as Delphia

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Release date: 2000-04-27

Budget: $15,000,000

Revenue: $33,800,000

Runtime: 2h 0m

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ComedyDramaRomance

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